Piga Lore, the Piga Software wiki (previously known just as the Piga Software or Piga Wiki) was created on August 17, 2007 using the Wiki-Site host. Previous attempts at creating a wiki using other sites were tried but none of them successful. The wiki has grown to be the primary source of Piga Software, information and has rendered the home page as a mere index.

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'''PigaLore''' is the [[Piga Software]] wiki (previously known just as the '''Piga Software/Piga Wiki''') and was created on [[Time Line#2007|August 17, 2007]] using the [http://www.wiki-site.com/ Wiki-Site] host. Previous attempts at creating a wiki using other sites were tried but none of them were successful. The wiki has grown to be the primary source of Piga Software information and has rendered [http://icculus.org/piga/ the home page] as a mere index (even with the wiki's fluctuating health).

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New information is likely to be posted on the wiki or on the Piga Software Forum before it ever makes it to the web site. The wiki was hosted with Apache 2.2.3 on a CentOS GNU/Linux server on Wiki-Site, and was running on Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.8 ("Lenny") with Apache 2.2.16 as of April 27, 2011 on Tropical Wikis.

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New information is likely to be posted on the wiki or on the Piga Software Forum before it ever makes it to the web site. The wiki was hosted with [[:wikipedia:Apache (software)|Apache]] 2.2.3 on a [[:wikipedia:CentOS|CentOS]] server on Wiki-Site, and was running on [[:wikipedia:Debian|Debian]] 5.0.8 ("Lenny") with Apache 2.2.16 as of April 27, 2011 on Tropical Wikis.

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On April 17, 2011, the wiki moved to its new host at Tropical Wikis. The new host offered backups on demand, a more modern version of the MediaWiki engine, more extensions and more responsive user service. On May 26, 2011 a new logo for the wiki was uploaded as well as the new title of PigaLore.

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On [[Time Line#2011|April 17, 2011]], the wiki moved to its new host at Tropical Wikis. The new host offered backups on demand, a more modern version of the [[:wikipedia:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] engine, more extensions and more responsive user service. On May 26, 2011 a new logo for the wiki was uploaded as well as the new title of PigaLore. No backups were ever made, and all Tropical Wikis data was destroyed following an attempt to merge into the new Orain host in [[Time Line#2013|October 2013]].

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No backups were ever made, and all Tropical Wikis data was destroyed following an attempt to merge into the new Orain host in October 2013. The wiki was therefore reconstituted on Orain using old Wiki-Site data and entries from the Wayback Machine, with it being opened to the public again on March 1, 2014.

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The wiki was therefore reconstituted on Orain using old Wiki-Site data and entries from the [[:wikipedia:Wayback Machine|Wayback Machine]], with it being opened to the public again on [[Time Line#2014|March 1, 2014]]. Orain was then itself [https://orainblog.wordpress.com/2015/09/25/orain-compromise-initial-statement/ taken] [https://addshore.com/2015/09/downfall-of-orain/ out] by a [[:wikipedia:Denial-of-service attack|denial-of-service attack]] in [[Time Line#2015|September 2015]], leading to PigaLore to again be down and wiped for over a year until it was relaunched on [http://www.miraheze.org Miraheze] on [[Time Line#2016|December 14, 2016]] through to December 26th from the latest extant Orain wiki dump.

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The initial creation of the wiki lead to the construction of Hamish and Graham L. Wilson's other, and decently successful, wiki called the Blood Wiki, which was also originally hosted by Wiki-Site and was the original proposed move for Tropical Wikis, before receiving another offer. They have also taken up control of the Red Dwarf (Tongue Tied) and Warren Zevon Wikis hosted by Wikia.

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The initial creation of the wiki lead to the construction of [[Hamish]] and [[Graham L. Wilson]]'s other successful wiki called the [http://blood-wiki.org Blood Wiki] (covering the games ''[[:wikipedia:Blood (video game)|Blood]]'' and ''[[:wikipedia:Blood II: The Chosen|Blood II: The Chosen]]''), which was also originally hosted by Wiki-Site and was the original proposed move for Tropical Wikis, before receiving another offer from ''Blood'' fan website [http://www.deathmask.net/ Deathmask]. They have also taken up control of the [http://reddwarf.wikia.com ''Red Dwarf'' (Tongue Tied)] and [http://warrenzevon.wikia.com/ Warren Zevon Wikis] hosted by [[:wikipedia:Wikia|Wikia]].

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They have also edited a variety of other wikis, such as a notable amount of edits to the Libregamewiki and free software and GNU/Linux gaming articles on Wikipedia as part of the Piga Software mission to spread free software.

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They have also edited a variety of other wikis, such as a [https://libregamewiki.org/Special:Contributions/Piga notable amount of edits] to the [https://libregamewiki.org/Main_Page Libregamewiki] and [[:wikipedia:Open source video game|free software]] and [[:wikipedia:Linux as gaming platform|GNU/Linux gaming]] articles on [[:wikipedia:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] as part of the Piga Software [[Piga Software#Activism|mission]] to spread free software.

Latest revision as of 21:41, 27 December 2016

PigaLore is the Piga Software wiki (previously known just as the Piga Software/Piga Wiki) and was created on August 17, 2007 using the Wiki-Site host. Previous attempts at creating a wiki using other sites were tried but none of them were successful. The wiki has grown to be the primary source of Piga Software information and has rendered the home page as a mere index (even with the wiki's fluctuating health).

New information is likely to be posted on the wiki or on the Piga Software Forum before it ever makes it to the web site. The wiki was hosted with Apache 2.2.3 on a CentOS server on Wiki-Site, and was running on Debian 5.0.8 ("Lenny") with Apache 2.2.16 as of April 27, 2011 on Tropical Wikis.

On April 17, 2011, the wiki moved to its new host at Tropical Wikis. The new host offered backups on demand, a more modern version of the MediaWiki engine, more extensions and more responsive user service. On May 26, 2011 a new logo for the wiki was uploaded as well as the new title of PigaLore. No backups were ever made, and all Tropical Wikis data was destroyed following an attempt to merge into the new Orain host in October 2013.